Product Description

This is the classic comedy of upper crust English manners and mores on the subject of love between the Wars. Set in the privileged world of the country house party and the London season, "Love in a Cold Climate" is a delicious comedy of English upper-class manners between the wars. With a gallery of unforgettable characters, and in her distinctively witty style, Nancy Mitford exposes the eccentricities and foibles of the aristocracy in their pursuit of amusement, gossip - and love.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1099609 in Books
• Published on: 1993-01-25
• Format: Audiobook
• Original language: English
• Binding: Audio Cassette

Review
"A hugely enjoyable tale, read to perfection by Prunella Scales." The Scotsman 7/12/96

About the Author
Nancy Mitford, Read by Prunella Scales, Read by Prunella Scales

Customer Reviews

Fanny-tastic!
I found this novel a teeny weeny bit disappointing after its superlative predecessor, 'the Pursuit of Love'. I think if I compare the two, I can see why - 'Pursuit' packs about ten novels worth of incident into its slim frame, as terse, fast, heartless and comic as 'Candide' (Mitford wrote a biography of Voltaire), full of gaps and tacit implications. 'Climate' goes back to those gaps and fills them in, following as it does relatively the same time span. This makes for a slower, more thoughtful book, which feels, on occasion, a little padded out. Similarly, both books take their cue from their heroine - 'Pursuit' is as lively, adventurous, funny and adorable as Linda; Polly in 'Climate', though beautiful, is as dull as people find her, and so, when she is in it, is her book.

I say this relatively of course; on any other terms, 'Climate' is a comic joy, full of two sublime new characters, Lady Montdore, the imperious snob, and Cedric, the stereotypical queen from untypical Nova Scotia. Add to these old favourites like Boy, Davey, and, especially, the immortal, phlegmatic Uncle Matthew; some choice set-pieces and an odd flash of the old callousness, and you have a real pleasure, especially in the second half. 'Climate''s breezy surface belies a real anger at the limited roles offered women.